One of the most rewarding way to explore a country is to get a bike and ride around for days—or even weeks—without hustle. By bike, you can explore stunning places that can't be experience from the seat of a car or a bus. Here is our brief and totally incomplete selection of the most wondrous places where you can get by bike.

Since it is impossible to gather and rank all the amazing biking destinations, I kindly ask you to share in the comments your favorite place you've ever ridden.

Riding is fun on this 2-year-old bike path near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. And the view is awesome.

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Biking in the coastal towns of Croatia, for example in Dubrovnik, is a pleasant way to explore the Adriatic country.